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Summary: praise of a modest author
Review: I know Elaine Gottschall personally; although I do not suffer from any digestive disorder, I know that her diet has had success among people I know. I suggested that she contribute to this site as the author, but she'd rather let her audience speak.Not knowing a great deal about digestive disorders, I just wanted to write to say what I know about Elaine: she is one of the most devoted, sincere and compassionate people I have run across in my travels, and I can say nothing but good things about her. That's it!
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Summary: It's Amazing how this simple diet really works!
Review: I'm following the "specific carbohydrate diet" book for one year and I have regained my health. I'd been struggling with colitis and the side effects from drugs for years. I'm getting off all the drugs with the help of this diet. Thank You Ms.Gottshall !
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Summary: Good sense may yet prevail
Review: Having suffered with either CD or UC for more or less twenty years I have been amazed that the medical establishment only looks at serious, expensive and debilitating drugs to alleviate symptoms. This book gives you a real alternative for taking control of your own health. Her credentials seem to preclude any trace of quackery which accompanies much alternative medicine. I have only just begun with the diet but am already feeling stronger and more hopeful about my health since I have become allergic to most standard drugs, a situation which may be common. This is a must read for anyone with IBD.
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Summary: A complete cure
Review: Have suffered with what is variously diagnosed as irritable bowel, colitis etc. All I know is that none of the consultant physicians I consulted even bothered to mention what I was eating! they were all very hapy to fill me full of steriods and other dangerous drugs though. I saw immediate improvements in my symptoms within one week, and have now been symptom free and off all medication for many months. I'm sure the medics will just say I'm in remission. Or maybe I've removed the causes of the damage to my intestines and miracle of miracles they just got better. It is a difficult diet to follow but it sure is worth it.
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Summary: Food does Matter, The diet really helps!
Review: All westeren doctors say diet has no effect on colitis.They are WRONG. I listened for nine years to doctors say food doesn't matter to IBD. All the while horrible side effects from drugs started adding up and the drugs stopped working. Besides the book I found the SCD Website very helpful in using the diet "specific carbohydrate diet". In four months it has changed my life. It really does matter what goes into your gut. Don't get fooled by your doctor into thinking diet doesn't matter. Try SCD to heal. How could the The food you eat not make a difference while your healing? Mrs. Gotshall has found the correct food to heal the IBD Gut.
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Summary: comprehensive guide to intestinal health through diet ...
Review: THIS IS THE BEST BOOK OF ITS KIND, MAKING MY LIFE LIVABLE AGAIN! ELAINE GOTTSCHALL HAS BUILT A STELLAR COMPILATION OF DIETING MODIFICATIONS THAT REDUCES MY PAIN AND SEEMS TO GIVE ME MORE ENERGY.PALATABLE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE NUMEROUS AND IT IS APPARENT THAT SHE HAS INCREDIBLE INSIGHT. MY WHOLE LIFE HAS BEEN BETTERED BY HER TECHNIQUE AND I THANK MS. GOTTSCHALL FOR HER RESEARCH. I HAVE CONTACTED SEVERAL SUPPLIERS OF PRODUCTS LISTED IN THE BOOK TO SUPPLIMENT MY DIET. AMONG THEM COUNTRY FARMS DAIRY (FOR GREAT FAT FREE CHEESE PRODUCTS) WAS VERY HELPFUL AS WAS INDICATED IN THE BOOK. IT SEEMED THAT EVERY PERSON WENT OUT OF THIER WAY TO HELP ME WHEN I NEEDED IT MOST- I WILL REMEMBER THAT! I ANXIOUSLY AWAIT ANY OTHER BOOKS, ARTICLES OR SEMINARS BY ELAINE GOTTSCHALL, SHE IS TRULY A BEACON IN THE NIGHT...
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Summary: A Life Saver!
Review: What can I say! After eighteen months on this fantastic diet the misery of crohn's seems like a long lost nightmare. Not only did the pain dissipate so quickly, but my overall health has improved no end. This is not a diet for sceptics or the faint hearted (indeed there are some sacrifices to make) but the payoff is a new life. When this diet works for you you'll never look back.
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Summary: Proof positive - the SCD works!
Review: After a year and a half on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, I finally followed my gastroenterologist's request to get a colonoscopy. After all, it had been over four years since the last time anyone had given me any sort of exam of the gut, and 18 years with Crohns. My doc says "We got all the way to the cecum. No evidence at all of Crohns. No scars. No inflammation. Nothing. You look completely normal." So, is it remission, or is it the diet? Well, even in 'remission' past exams have showed indication of disease in me. My gut feeling more than tells me it is the diet, plus some yoga for stress relief. No drugs, no side effects. Perhaps the diet is an alternative way to bring on a controlled remission?
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Summary: I read the book and I think it is incredible!
Review: I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in 1993. The diet I have been following was one that was recommended by my physician. Everything was the opposite of what the book recommended. When I began to follow the Gottschall diet my symptoms almost immediatly disappeared.
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Summary: This diet worked for this crohns patient
Review: I believe that the medical establishment does not have the answer to crohns disease. Anyone serious about dealing with this very difficult disease should read this book. It has enabled me to get off all medication and significantly improve my overall health.
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